As the keynote speaker at AS/COA's annual Latin American Cities Conference in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderón addressed Mexico's economic advantages as well as trade, education, and energy.

“Brazil has all the proper conditions to help respond to the many challenges that the world confronts in the twenty-first century," said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his acceptance speech for Americas Society’s Gold Insigne.

Just over a month after assuming office, Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo delivered a speech at AS/COA in which he described how his presidency marked an important democratic shift in Paraguay.

In a speech at AS/COA, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner highlighted Argentine accomplishments over the past four years and called for open minds at a time of worldwide economic uncertainty. Listen to the audio of her remarks.